Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Yemen (Ratification: 1976)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments.

1. Drawing up, publication and communication to the ILO of an annual labour inspection report (Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention). Referring to the information which has been provided for several years on changes in law and practice relating to labour inspection, the Committee notes with interest the efforts made, despite the economic difficulties inherent in the reunification of the country, to establish an inspection system as prescribed by the Convention. In 1997 new provisions stating the duties and powers of labour inspectors were incorporated in the 1995 Labour Code, and in its 2000 report the Government indicated in particular that the inspection services had been equipped with computer hardware for the purposes of creating an information exchange network throughout the country and enabling ongoing monitoring and supervision by the central administration of the observation of legislation in undertakings. The Committee considers that it should now be possible for an annual inspection report to be drawn up and hopes that the Government will adopt the necessary measures to enable such a report containing information on each of points (a) to (g) of Article 21 of the Convention to be published soon and sent to the International Labour Office, in accordance with Article 20.

2. Human resources, material and logistical means available and inventory of workplaces liable to inspection (Articles 7, 10 and 11 of the Convention). The Committee also notes with interest that an inventory of workplaces liable to inspection was undertaken in Sanaa, that out of 1,050 workplaces listed 320 were inspected and that exhaustive statistics will be communicated as soon as they are available. The Committee hopes that an inventory of workplaces will also be undertaken for all other regions of the country, thus enabling an objective evaluation of the level of coverage provided by the inspection services and making it possible to identify the means to be implemented in order to improve it gradually. The Government is requested to provide information in its next report on the measures taken to this end and the results thereof, as well as on the number and geographical distribution of labour inspectors operating in the industrial and commercial sectors (Article 10).

3. Training of labour inspectors (Article 7). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would send detailed information on the participants, on the content and on the impact of the training sessions which it indicated in its report would be organized in coordination with the social partners and with the collaboration of the Arab Labour Organization and the ILO.